Writing skills readme first

Skill ceilidhboy/skills/skills/writing-skills-readme-first

Before creating any new skill, check the user's personal skills repo if they have one. Use the write-a-skill skill for the template. This is the mandatory starting point for all skill creation work.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add ceilidhboy/skills --skill writing-skills-readme-first

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One thing to look at

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SKILL.md

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Writing Skills — Read Me First

Activate this skill whenever skill creation, writing, or authoring is discussed.

Rule

Before creating or modifying any skill, check whether the user has a personal skills repo configured.

Process

Check for a local config — Look for ~/.config/skills/config.json. If it exists, read the skillsRepo field.
- If found → you know where their skills repo is.
- If not found → ask the user: "Do you have a personal skills repo you'd like new skills created in?"
If the user provides a path — Save it for next time:
- Create ~/.config/skills/config.json (and the skills directory if needed) with:
```
{ "skillsRepo": "/path/to/repo" }
```
Read the repo's conventions — Navigate to the skills repo and read:
- README.md — for the available skills and overview
- CONTRIBUTING.md — for the exact process to add or update skills
Use write-a-skill — Follow the write-a-skill skill for the SKILL.md template and structure.
If no repo exists — Skip steps 1-3 and just use write-a-skill directly. The skill will go wherever the project or user context suggests.

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.